UniChar features thousands of symbols organized neatly into 18 categories*. You can type these symbols in any app with the custom keyboard or quickly search for the symbol you’re looking for in the app – by name or by drawing! It's so much faster and better than googling it. Plus you can access recently used symbols in the Widget or on your Apple Watch and send Unicode stickers with the iMessage app.

For developers, UniChar is an efficient tool to work with Unicode Code Points and HTML Entities. Revamp your workflow with Universal Clipboard – copy on your iPhone, paste in the code editor on your Mac.

Keyboard◉ Type special symbols in any app◉ Features a light and dark theme designed to compliment the Emoji keyboard

App◎ Search for symbols by name or by drawing them◎ Efficiently work with the symbols, code points, and HTML entities ◎ Add characters to the text field and edit it with the system keyboard◎ Share your text via Messages, Facebook, Twitter, AirDrop, and more◎ Or open the text in other apps to continue working

Widget◆ Access your most recently used characters quickly◆ Copy to the clipboard with a single tap

** Search by Drawing is powered by machine learning image classification algorithms utilizing Create ML, Core ML, and Vision. As you draw, a convolution neural network processes your drawing to predict which symbols it matches. You can help improve symbol recognition accuracy by training the model with your own drawings!

What’s New

Version History

6.2.1

Jan 2, 2019

Search by Text is more powerful now with noncontiguous words search and other minor enhancements.

6.2

Nov 6, 2018

This update includes optimizations for the new iPad Pro models and iOS 12.1.

6.1

Sep 22, 2018

UniChar is now optimized for iOS 12 and the brand new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max. The Apple Watch app is optimized for watchOS 5 and Apple Watch Series 4. This update also includes the following improvements:

New Symbols■ More than 1,500 symbols have been added to Pictographs, Technical, Arrows, Parentheses, Currency, and Math categories.

Search by Drawing■ All symbols are now supported! Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. Drawings have been submitted from 68 countries from around the world! You can continue to submit your drawings to improve Search by Drawing.■ The machine learning model that powers symbol drawing recognition has been trained with Create ML and utilizes Core ML 2 in iOS 12.

Siri Shortcuts■ View recently used symbols■ Train Search by DrawingSet them up with your custom phrases in the Settings app under Siri & Search.

And More■ Added support for using UniChar Stickers in FaceTime and Messages camera■ Improved Handoff support■ Minor interface and performance enhancements

6.0

Sep 17, 2018

UniChar is now optimized for iOS 12 and includes the following improvements:

New Symbols■ More than 1,500 symbols have been added to Pictographs, Technical, Arrows, Parentheses, Currency, and Math categories.

Search by Drawing■ All symbols are now supported! Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. Drawings have been submitted from 68 countries from around the world! You can continue to submit your drawings to improve Search by Drawing.■ The machine learning model that powers symbol drawing recognition has been trained with Create ML and utilizes Core ML 2 in iOS 12.

Siri Shortcuts■ View recently used symbols■ Train Search by DrawingSet them up with your custom phrases in the Settings app under Siri & Search.

And More■ Added support for using UniChar Stickers in FaceTime and Messages camera■ Improved Handoff support■ Minor interface and performance enhancements

5.4.4

Jul 23, 2018

This update resolves an issue where the Search by Drawing keyboard may not appear.

Thanks to everyone who has submitted drawings! Over 18,000 have been approved since the last update, with more still awaiting review! Keep them coming and let me know if you draw them all!

5.4.3

Jun 26, 2018

Attention iOS 12 beta users! This update is for you. Get a sneak peak at new symbols coming to UniChar with iOS 12. Submit drawings of the new symbols to train the app to recognize them. With your help we can ensure these symbols will be searchable. I want to reward you for your efforts, so if you draw them all, screenshot the surprise at the end and send it to me. Thank you for your help and have fun drawing! And if you'd like... you can now add a Siri Shortcut to train Search by Drawing. Hey Siri let's draw some Unicode symbols!

Also thank you to everyone who has submitted drawings since the previous update - over 13,000! The more we have the better Search by Drawing will be, so draw on! Send me a screenshot if you draw them all so I can give you a little something in return.

Finally, what would be a minor update without some nice little bug fixes? Those are included in this update as well.

5.4.2

Jun 1, 2018

This update includes minor enhancements and bug fixes. Now a lot of drawings have been submitted to train Search by Drawing! But to enable searching all symbols, many more are needed. Please submit your drawings! To get there, tap the Search bar ▻ Search by Drawing ▻ Train. Thank you for helping to improve UniChar!

Ⓟ.Ⓢ. If you draw all symbols, a special surprise is in store for you. Screenshot it and send it to me if you do!

5.4.1

Feb 28, 2018

This update► resolves an issue where digit symbols may not always appear while using UniChar Keyboard in numeric text fields.► renames Search by Text to Search by Name. Did you know you can search by typing in the HTML entity, code point entity, or the symbol itself? You still can, though it's mostly used for searching by name, and thus the rename.► includes minor improvements to the symbol drawing training process.

Also▹ thanks for helping to train Search by Drawing since it was introduced! Thousands of drawings have been submitted, but we need many thousands more! With your help we’ll be able to add support for searching all symbols. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.▹ you are awesome.

5.4

Jan 29, 2018

Introducing Search by Drawing (Beta)

Search for the symbol you’re looking for simply by drawing it. In the app, tap the search bar then Search by Drawing to try it out!

This initial release includes support for searching Pictographs. You can help add support for symbols across all categories by submitting your own drawings!

Curious how it works? Search by Drawing is powered by machine learning image classification algorithms. As you draw, a convolution neural network processes your drawing to predict which symbol(s) it matches. Utilizing Core ML and Vision in iOS 11, this all happens really quickly on-device. Cool huh! By helping to improve Search by Drawing, your submissions will be added to the training dataset used to teach the model to better classify each symbol, resulting in improved accuracy and support for all symbols in UniChar. The more drawings submitted for each symbol, the better the model will learn. Your contributions are greatly appreciated!

5.3

Jan 5, 2018

◦ A dedicated Copied label has been added in the Widget◦ The app has been rewritten in Swift, introducing some minor performance enhancements◦ This version requires iOS 11, paving the way for exciting new functionality to come in future updates

5.2

5.1.2

Nov 17, 2017

This update includes various enhancements and bug fixes.

5.1.1

Nov 5, 2017

Now optimized for iPhone Ⅹ and its stunning Super Retina display! This update also includes a few minor enhancements including improved Handoff support, and resolves an issue that caused deselected symbols to remain visible in UniChar Keyboard.

5.1

Nov 2, 2017

Now optimized for iPhone Ⅹ and its stunning Super Retina display! This update also includes a few minor enhancements including improved Handoff support.

4.2.2

4.2.1

4.2

Dec 16, 2016

◢ Introducing Code and HTML ◣Now it is easy to work with Unicode Code Points and HTML Entities.

◎ Tap a symbol to add to the text field◉ Tap and hold a symbol to access a menu of options allowing you to choose what to copy● 3D Touch a symbol to instantly copy⊼ All of the above actions can be customized in Settings

▻ Search for symbols by their Code or HTML ▻ Configure UniChar Keyboard to type Code or HTML in Settings▻ Configure UniChar Widget to copy Code or HTML in Settings▻ Press firmly to copy the Code or HTML for symbols from your Apple Watch

► This update also improves the Apple Watch complication, including a new Extra Large option.

If you find UniChar to be useful please leave a review or update your existing review! They are greatly appreciated.

4.1

Sep 27, 2016

◎ Haptic feedback for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus◎ New iOS 10 key click sounds support◎ Ability to delete all stickers and restore the default set in the iMessage app◎ Other bug fixes and enhancements

4.0

Sep 13, 2016

UniChar is now optimized for iOS 10! New features and improvements include:

UniChar Keyboard▹ Added ability to quickly switch to any other keyboard▹ Added space button for iPad and iPhone in landscape

UniChar Widget▸ Optimized for the new iOS 10 widget interface▸ You can now access the widget by 3D Touching the app icon

UniChar for Apple Watch▹ Introducing a reimagined experience optimized for quick interactions▹ Glance at your recently used symbols immediately on launch▹ Added a complication to show your most recently used symbol right on your watch face

UniChar▸ Added ability to continue searching in the app from Spotlight Search▸ You can now search for a symbol description by pasting the symbol▸ Copy a symbol and instantly paste it on your Mac with Universal Clipboard▸ Improved scroll performance▸ Plus a handful of new symbols have been added

If you enjoy this update, please leave a review on the App Store! They are greatly appreciated.

3.3.1

Jun 11, 2016

Stability improvements for early versions of iOS 9

3.3

Jun 3, 2016

- Settings are now available within the app! Check it out.- Added the ability to hide categories and symbols from the keyboard.- Added multiline text editing within the app.- Key Click Sounds now play when typing symbols in the app.- The keyboard will now take you directly to the last viewed symbol the next time you use it.- This update also includes minor enhancements and bug fixes.

If you find UniChar to be useful, please leave a nice review! It really helps.

Jan 2, 2019

Version 6.2.1

Search by Text is more powerful now with noncontiguous words search and other minor enhancements.

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5

350 Ratings

350 Ratings

johnsenestate
,11/17/2017

Great app with an amazing team behind it

You can only switch from Unichar to another keyboard using the lower left keyboard button. If an app is not updated for use on the iPhone X the bottom bar where that button would be is just a black bar and the button doesn't exist therefore the only way to change it is to go to settings and delete unichar/reinstall unichar. The default keyboard moves the button to the original position when an app isn't compatible. Used this keyboard a lot on my previous phone, but it's a pain in its current state.

Update: 1 day after posting my review the developer addressing the issue and the next day an update fixing it was released. Great work.

johnsenestate
,11/17/2017

Great app with an amazing team behind it

You can only switch from Unichar to another keyboard using the lower left keyboard button. If an app is not updated for use on the iPhone X the bottom bar where that button would be is just a black bar and the button doesn't exist therefore the only way to change it is to go to settings and delete unichar/reinstall unichar. The default keyboard moves the button to the original position when an app isn't compatible. Used this keyboard a lot on my previous phone, but it's a pain in its current state.

Update: 1 day after posting my review the developer addressing the issue and the next day an update fixing it was released. Great work.

zeroeure
,12/02/2018

I’ve been using this app for years

This is a must have for me!! Special characters is something I use often in my free time in my creative outlets and nothing has such a depth of characters in a beautiful package so well maintained- if only iOS let us use *every single option offered* already- it would make a five-star app a six!

Developer Response
,12/02/2018

Thank you for your loyal support over the years and thanks for sharing your review! 🙌

zeroeure
,12/02/2018

I’ve been using this app for years

This is a must have for me!! Special characters is something I use often in my free time in my creative outlets and nothing has such a depth of characters in a beautiful package so well maintained- if only iOS let us use *every single option offered* already- it would make a five-star app a six!

Developer Response
,12/02/2018

Thank you for your loyal support over the years and thanks for sharing your review! 🙌

erinspice
,10/10/2018

Buggy, missing characters, search is broken

I need several specific characters to be able to type in Choctaw. One of those is "combining macron below" U+0331, which is missing. Also, search is broken. Search for "combining" and you will see several things that also have "below" in them but searching for "combining below" says no results. I would pay for the app and change my review if these things were fixed.

Developer Response
,01/02/2019

Thank you for sharing your feedback on UniChar, I’ve been working on it! I’m happy to let you know search has been improved and will now show results for any matching words. More symbols will be coming too but I wanted to let you know about search in the latest update. I hope you find this useful!

erinspice
,10/10/2018

Buggy, missing characters, search is broken

I need several specific characters to be able to type in Choctaw. One of those is "combining macron below" U+0331, which is missing. Also, search is broken. Search for "combining" and you will see several things that also have "below" in them but searching for "combining below" says no results. I would pay for the app and change my review if these things were fixed.

Developer Response
,01/02/2019

Thank you for sharing your feedback on UniChar, I’ve been working on it! I’m happy to let you know search has been improved and will now show results for any matching words. More symbols will be coming too but I wanted to let you know about search in the latest update. I hope you find this useful!